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On his blog, journalist and filmmaker Max Blumenthal alerts us to a video from David Sheen that shows the young Israeli journalist interviewing Abe Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League. The discussion is remarkable for Foxman’s unsettled reaction — to say the least — to a few tough questions from Sheen. Take the time to [...]
Tags: Abe Foxman, Abraham Foxman, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, boycott, collective punishment, David Sheen, EU, Hooman Majd, iran, Max Blumenthal, Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, New York Times, Roger Cohen, sanctions, UN
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Author Hooman Majd did a web chat with scholar Reza Aslan on the latter’s website. They’re discussing Majd’s lastest book, The Ayatollah’s Democracy: An Iranian Challenge. I’m reading it right now. You should be, too.
Incredibly well connected in Iran, Majd is one of the country’s most astute analysts and a great story teller.
For the last [...]
Tags: Aslan Media, Green Movement, Hooman Majd, iran, israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Reza Aslan, sanctions, The Ayatollah's Democracy, U.S.
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I’m currently reading Hooman Majd’s new book, The Ayatollah’s Democracy: An Iranian Challenge. Like his first book, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, this volume is filled with an insightful, insider’s look at Iran. One of Majd’s great strengths is explaining the Iranian psyche, something many outsiders — especially hawks in Washington — attempt to do [...]
Tags: Hooman Majd, iran, master servant, nuclear, pressure, pride, sanctions, Washington Post
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Author Hooman Majd, who’s much anticipated second book is due this month, writes today in Foreign Policy that the U.S. sanctions program on Iran isn’t exactly going to plan. This contradicts a central talking point of the Obama administration: that the recent political infighting in Tehran (which has not involved the reform or Green movements) [...]
Tags: Ali Khamenei, Foreign Policy, Hooman Majd, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 2, 2010.
The Washington Post: Scott Wilson writes that shared regional fears of a nuclear weapons possessing Iran might be a catalyst for a breakthrough in this week’s Arab-Israeli peace talks. “Iran’s ambitions, which have cast a long shadow over the greater Middle East, may serve as [...]
Tags: Daniel Henninger, Foreign Policy, Hooman Majd, saddam hussein, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
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